Take this turkey to Bob Cratchit!

We will be holding out Christmas lunch for children on Thursday 18 December. We are keen for all children to participate in the fun that day and request that for ease of service and supervision that all children have a school meal that day. The charge will be £1.80 as normal. The menu will be as follows:

• Roast Turkey with Chicken Chipolata Sausages
• Roasted Vegetable & Red Leicester Quiche
• Roasted Potatoes
• Fresh Mixed vegetables
• Christmas Jelly & Ice Cream
• Christmas Pudding and Mince Pies

Year 6 Hackney Eleanor Shield Football Competition

Well done to the Year 6 team (and additional children) who represented the school on 15 October at Hackney Marshes.

The team was: Tristan, Eric, George, Jude, Alex, Jaidon, William, Sol and Zeki. Scores were:

• Gayhurst 4 – Grasmere 0
• Woodberry Down 3 – Grasmere 1
• Shacklewell 1 – Grasmere 1
• Jaidon scored both goals.

Stoke Newington Cluster A Football League

The following children represented the school in the latest Cluster A set of league matches: George, Emily, Eve, Tristan, Joanna, Alex, William and Sol. Scores were as follows:

• St Mary’s A 0– Grasmere 2
• St Mary’s B 0– Grasmere 1
• Parkwood 1– Grasmere 0
• Grazebrook 1 – Grasmere 1

Goals were scored by George, William and Alex.

Cross Country

Last Monday 38 Grasmere participated in the second of four Hackney Junior Cross Country Competitions. Currently Grasmere is in 1st in the events with Alex Machin Paley holding the current record of 5 minutes 26 seconds.

The Grasmere team makes up nearly half of all the Hackney primary pupils participating.

Monday 17 November’s event has been cancelled and a date will be rearranged shortly.

After the second round of five, with 21 schools taking part at Hackney Downs Grasmere is currently in first position. We have entered three teams and this week 36 runners took part. The next date is 03 November at 2.15pm at Hackney Downs. Please come along and support.

Grasmere children took part in last week’s Year 5 & 6 Hackney Primary School Football. Well done to the following children: Tristan, George, Eric, Jude, Alex, Jaidon, William, Zeki and Sol.

Scores were as follows:

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The Grasmere team also came 2nd in Wednesday’s Stoke Newington Cluster A Competition.

Scores were as follows:

Congraulations to Pele Julien in Year 3 who gained a gold medal for his floor routine and general gymnastics skills in the LGF Cheam London Gymnastics Competition last weekend.

On Monday evening Karlie, Ian and Mark attended the Hackney School Partnership award ceremony at the Hackney Empire theatre. Grasmere gained an award for the highest participation in sporting events in the last 12 months.

We are currently dealing with a relentless reoccurrence of Head Lice amongst pupils which both parents and children are finding frustrating. In order to crack the problem it is essential that we have the full support of all families. If you find your child has head lice it is essential that you treat all the family. 

The only way to confirm a head louse infection is to find a live moving louse on the head, and the best way to do that is to use a good detection method. ‘Detection Combing’ is thought to be one of the best detection methods, it is described in detail here and will take about 20 minutes.

“Grasmere Primary School welcomes its general responsibilities under the new Disability Equality Duty to have due regard to the need to promote equality of opportunity between disabled and non-disabled people, eliminate discrimination that is unlawful under the Disability Discrimination Act, eliminate harassment of disabled persons that is related to their impairments. We have gathered together a menu page of the documents relating to our aspirations,”

(Via our own website : .)

Any families interested in taking part in the school visit to Cumbria from 2 – 5 July please contact Ian as he will be finalising the booking shortly.

Well done to the following children who played in the Hackney Cluster A (Stoke Newington) Primary Football Knockout Competition this week: Joanna, William, Tristan, Emily, Alex, Eve, George, Dexter H and Jude. Scores were:

Goals were scored by Alex, William, Tristan, Dexter and George.

Unfortunately our team was pipped at the post by Homleigh to go through to the Hackney finals.

A slightly different group of children will be taking place in the Glyn Williams 7 A Side finals on Wednesday 15 October at Hackney Marshes from 4.00 – 5.30pm. Please see Danel for further details.